Cam miller



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CONNECTICUT, A co'nron'a'rioir 'oox- CAM KILLER Application filed limit a, 1929. Serial m.- 334,627.

This invention relates to new and useful nnprovements in milling machines and an ob ect of the invention is to provide an automatic milling machine particularly adapted for operating on irregular surfaces and adapted for operating on a plurality of pieces of work simultaneously.

A further object is to provide a milling Ina-- chine including a plurality of work carriers adapted for adjustment together and independently along the bed of'the machine.

An additional object is to provide an automatic milling-machine including a lurality of tool holders and a plurality 0 work holders being adjustable together and independently, and the tool holders bemg ad ustable toward and from the work holders.

A further object is to provide a milling machine including means for automatically sto ping. the machine after each complete milling operation.

An additional object is to provide a milling machine including rotary work holders and a reciprocatory carriage for the tool holders, the carriage and work holders being driven from the same driven member; a clutch being interposed in the driving line and means being provided to disconnect said clutch and stop said drive after each complete milling operation.

Additional objects and advantages will be come apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

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Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of However, it is to be understood that this de-- Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 Fig. 5 is a central sectional viewthrough a 1 tool holder;

'Fig. 6 is a similar view throu holder; and i Fig. 7 is a face view of a cannon which the machine is adapted to operate and showing an irregular surface.

Referring in detail to the drawings, at 10 is shown the upper portion of a bench'orother. support on which is disposed abed 11, supgorted above the bench as byshort legs 12. ed 11 is provided with a guide. way 13into which fits the lower portion 14 of a guide block 15;. the block having an upper guide portion 16 similar to its lower portion '14. A and wheel 17 operating a screw 18 through the nut or bracket 19 on the end of the bed 11 h s. work serves move'the guide block 15 in the g ide) 1 way13. Mounted on the upper p rtion. 16.91 guide block 15 is shown a pair of work holders 20 and 21 on the opposite ends of which are secured brackets; 22 with which co-nperate screws 23 of a micromometeradjusting gau 24, the gauge for work holder 20 operating through the upper portion of nut'pr bracket. 19 while the gauge for work holder 21 operates throu h a nutor bracket 25'at the oppo site end 0% the bed 11.-, The work holders 20 and 21 are similar in construction, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view" of the work holder 20. As shown-,theie arts include a base portion 26 suitably...shped on": l 7

its undersideto receive'the upper" rtion 16 of guide block 15; Further, the wor holders includea bearing or'housing portion 27 in which is mounted a rotatable sleeve 28 having a worm gear 29 secured thereto. The gear is enclosed by the housing 27 ands cover or end piece 30 secured to the housing as by screws 31. Suitable ball races are provided and access for greasing is given by removal .ofplug32. I y Within the rotatable sleeve 28is a portion 33 of a'chuck including yie ding fingers 34 having inclined'surfaces 35 for a co-operation with similar adiacent faces of the part 33. At their inner ends the fingers 34 are carried by a head 36', the sleeve 28, part 33 and head 36 being connected'for rotation as a unit by pin 37. The head 36 has a slot 38 whereby the head may be moved longitudinally of the sleeve, and the inner end of a rod 39 is-threaded to the head as clearly shown in Fig. 6. It will now be obvious that through rotation of hand piece 40, rod '39 will likewise be rotated to move the fingers 34 to either have them grip the work, as per example the shank 41 of cam 42, or to release the same. a

- Extendin longitudinallv of the bed 11 and havingiearings in the heads or closures as well as in a casing 43 (the purpose of which will later be described) is a shaft 44 driven from below by a belt 45 and having worms 46 meshing with and driving the worm gears 29. The bearings for shaft 44 are indicated at 47. V

The casing 43 is mounted on the bed 11 adjacent the driven end of shaft 44 and includes a bearing portion 48. A shaft 49 extends through this bearing portion and also is mounted in a bearing 50, the shaft within the casing 43 having a worm gear 51 meshing with and driven by a worm 52 on shaft 44.

Mounted on shaft 44, as by a screw 53 passing through its hub portion 54, is acam'. 5'51 Disposed in a guide-way 56 in the bed 11, is

a reciprocal carriage 57 on which is mounted a pair of tool holders 58 and 59. The tool holders, a sectional view of one of which is shown in Fig. 5, each comprise a housing 7 60 secured to the carriage 57. A sleeve or too hollow shaft 61 is mounted in bearings in the housing or casing and is secured to a worm gear 62 held in place on the sleeve as by collars 63. To the outer end of'shaft 61 is secured a fly or balance wheel 64 and at'its inner end the shaft is hollowed out to provide a conical seat for the conical shank 65 of a tool 66. This tool 66 is also provided with a shoulder 67 adapted to bear against the end of the shaft .61 when the tool is in lace.

For the purpose of driving the tools, a shaft 68 extends through thecarriage 57, and has bearings in the carriage. This shaft carries worms 69 meshing with worm gears 62. A

pulley 70 at one end of a shaft 71 is driven from below by a belt to impart movement to the shaft which in turn and throughthemedium of a gear 72 (see Fig. 2')- serves to drive a gear 73 on shaft 68. It will be noted that gear'72 is of considerable width and accordingly will remain in meshwith gear 73 when the carriage is reciprocated in the guide-way 56. Shaft 71 is mounted in bearings 74' on the underside of the bed.

Mounted in a bracket 75 at one endof carriage 57 is a roller 76 adapted to be engaged b y cam 55 to slide the carriage. At the oposite end of the carriage and mounted on the bed 11 is a spring means 77 adapted to maintain the strong coil spring 80. Spring 80 surrounds a threaded shaft 81 bearing against a late 82 on the carriage.- The tendency o the spring 80 is to pro ect the shaft 81 toward the carriage and maintain the roller in contact with thecam. From this it will be seen that the cam moves thecarriage inone direction and the spring moves it in the other. Actually the cam moves the tools against the work and the spring returns the tools tonormal position clear of the work. The work holders each are provided with a bracket 83-adjacent the chucks to facilitate the positioning of the work.

- Automatic trip means are provided for stopping the machine each time the cam 55 makes a complete revolution. To this end a slide rod 84 is disposed at one side of the'b'cd.

arm of the bell crank 86 and is mounted to.

slide in bearings 89 and a bracket 90 secured to one end of the bed 11. A spring 91 surrounds the rod 88 and serves to normally hold the rod and clutch in engagement when not prevented by a means now to be described. Trip rod 88 is provided with a notch 92 engaged by a pin 93 mounted for vertical sliding movement in the bracket 90. To operate this pin a trigger lever 94 is pivoted to bracket 90 as at 9'5 'and has its handle portion normally maintained down upon the pin by a coil spring96. The other end of lever 94 is provided with an inclined or beveled head 97 engaged by a pin 98 on shaft 49.

It will be obvious that this mechanism serves to trip and stop the machine with From the foregoing it will be apparent that a the work holders 20 and 21 are adjustable independently and as a unit. Further, the carria e 57 may be adjusted laterally of the bed, t at is, toward and from the work holders, on the guides 99. Themachine as shown is adapted for milling the irregular face 100 of the cam shown in-Fig. 7.- r

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a millingmachine, a bed having a guide-way, a ide block. operatable in said guide-way, a justing "means for the guide block, a pair of work holders movably mounted upon the guide block and-each in-.

eluding a bearing, a sleeve rotatably mounted '7 in each of said bearin s, chucking means within each sleeve to ho d the work, a worm and worm gear drive for rotating each of said sleeves and work carried therein, a second guide-way on said bed, a pair of reciprocatory carriages mounted on the bed in said second guide-way and adapted to be operated in a plane parallel to the lane of movement of the guide block, a pair of cooperating cutter spindles adapted to be moved toward and from the axis of the work spindle, worm and worm gear connections for driving the cutter spindles, and means for reciprocating the carriages and thereby the cutter spindles, to and from the work holders durin the rotation of the work. 7

2. 1% a milling machine, a bed having a pair of parallel guide-ways, a guide block in one of said guide-war s, adjusting means for the g'u-ide block, a pair of work holders movable on the guide block and movable thereon and each including a-work holdering chuck, a carriage on the other of said guide-wa s and reciprocable therein in a plane para el with the plane of movement of the guide block and work. holders and with respect thereto,'means to reciprocate said carriage, a pair of cooperating cutter spindles mounted for rotation in bearings on the carriage, and worm and worm gear connections with said spindles for driving the same as the carriage and cutters are reciprocated with respect to the work in the holders.

3. In a millin machine, a bed having guide-ways, a gulde block slidably mounted may they

sleeves, and means for operating the shaft to simultaneously dr angi work holders.

of July, A. D. 1929.

NEWMA in said guide-ways, means for adjusting the a guide block in said ways, a work holder adwith the chuck whereby it may be operated from the outer end of the sleeve.

4. In a milling machine, a bed having guide-ways, a guide block slidably mounted in said guide-ways, work holders adjustably mounted upon and longitudinally of the guide block, means for adjusting the holders longitudinally upon the guide block and with respect to each other, means for adjusting the guide block to move the holders together upon the bed, said work holders each including a bearing, housing and a sleeve rotatably mounted therein crosswise of the slide block, a worm gear upon each,,sleeve, a shaft extending through said housings, worms upon said shaft meshing with said worm gears, a chuck in one end of each sleeve to hold the work, a chuck-operating shaft extending longitudinally into each sleeve in ive t e two gear trains gned at Bridgeport in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut this 31st day N M. MARsiLIUs. 

